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[[Image{{#evp:ThomasScaliaAlitoyoutube|KNlz_rz9cQY|Recall petition delivery, Jan.jpg|frame17, 2012|rightleft|Supreme Court Justices (L-R) Alito, Thomas and Scalia]]230}}<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/11226 Supremely Unseemly Conduct by Supreme Court Justices Spurs Call for Mandatory Ethics Rules11247 Wisconsin Recall Petitions Under Guard as "GAB CAM" Goes Live]</h3>by [[Lisa GravesMary Bottari]]<br>The Center for Media and Democracy has joined a coalition So many signatures were delivered demanding the recall of public interest organizations in calling for the United States Wisconsin Governor [[Supreme CourtScott Walker]] to agree to follow and other state officials, that one scribe dubbed it the Code of Conduct for U“greatest popular democracy movement in Wisconsin history.S” Over 30,000 volunteers collected over 1. judges. CMD joins 9 million signatures and delivered them to the [http://wwwstate’s nonpartisan elections board on January 17.afj.org Alliance Volunteers exceeded all expectations, delivering 1 million petitions for Justice] the recall of Scott Walker, [http://www.aauw.org American Association an amount equivalent to 46 percent of University Women], [http://citizensforethics.org Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics the votes cast in Washington], [http://wwwthe last gubernatorial race.commoncause.org Common Cause]Never had so many, [http://www.cwa-union.org Communications Workers of America], [http://www.credoaction.com CREDO Action], [http://www.equaljusticesociety.org Equal Justice Society], [http://www.lulac.org League in the history of the United Latin American Citizens], [http://www.nela.org National Employment Lawyers Association]States, [http://www.pfaw.org People petitioned for the American Way Foundation], and [http://www.uspirg.org U.S. Public Interest Research Group] in recall of a letter to Supreme Court Chief Justice John Robertsgovernor. The letter calls on the Court to achievement "take it upon itself to agree to be bound by the Codeis beyond legal challenge," and "do so unequivocally and publicly." (The coalition's letter to Chief Justice Roberts accompanies said Ryan Lawler, vice chairman of United Wisconsin, the group that organized the full articlevolunteer effort.) But is it? Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/11226 11247 here.]
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[[Image:Westin kierland acc.jpg|210px|left|frame|The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa in Scottsdale, AZ]]<h3>[http://www.prwatch.org/node/11231 ALEC and Westin/Starwood: Who is Your Hotel in Bed With While You're in Bed at Your Hotel?]</h3>by Beau Hodai<br>Tucson-based civil rights attorney Stacy Scheff believes that Westin Kierland may have violated federal constitutional law when they threw a journalist (and paid guest) out into the dead of night--due to the simple fact that the journalist evicted had written critically of (and was not liked by) the organization hosting a conference at the hotel. (A new story about these events is available [http://www.prwatch.org/news/2012/01/11230/inside-alec-naked-contempt-press-and-public-scottsdale here]). Essentially, Scheff argues, federal law, which holds the hotel industry under heavy sway as a form of interstate commerce, provides protections for certain protected classes under the Civil Rights Act. As such, "viewpoint" (i.e. critical members of the press) may well be incorporated as such a protected class. Read the rest of this item [http://www.prwatch.org/node/11231 here.]
